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Nicholas Chiapputo

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013CHIA03

Nicholas Chiapputo has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.92, set at Rice University 2014, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,611th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2013, he has put 106 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.11 in July 2013 to 8.92, a 60% improvement. Nicholas has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.92
signature single · Rice University 2014
106
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.9214.09
top 4.7%2,611 / 59,724
4×447.621:00.56
top 21.6%3,282 / 19,072
2×24.147.36
top 28.3%11,184 / 40,951
5×51:57.292:09.73
top 47.6%3,969 / 9,401
6×64:27.41
early days — 1 solve2,925 / 4,196
7×76:45.90
early days — 1 solve2,424 / 3,184

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 22.11Yale Spring 2014: 19.73Remember The Alamo 2014: 14.63Keep Austin Weird 2014: 13.78US Nationals 2014: 13.70Rice University 2014: 8.92US Nationals 2015: 13.238.9222.1126 Jul 201331 Jul 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 7.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.